Minor improvements

- almost irrelevant documentation updates
- introduced id_res_expired_on_delivery exception to be thrown if the
  association has expired right before it could've been used for signature
  verification.

Signed-off-by: Michael Krelin <hacker@klever.net>

2 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/opkele/consumer.h b/include/opkele/consumer.h
index 50ff692..c463787 100644
--- a/include/opkele/consumer.h
+++ b/include/opkele/consumer.h
@@ -1,168 +1,174 @@
 #ifndef __OPKELE_CONSUMER_H
 #define __OPKELE_CONSUMER_H
 
 #include <opkele/types.h>
 #include <opkele/extension.h>
 
 /**
  * @file
  * @brief OpenID consumer-side functionality
  */
 
 namespace opkele {
 
     /**
      * implementation of basic consumer functionality
      *
      * @note
      * The consumer uses libcurl internally, which means that if you're using
      * libopkele in multithreaded environment you should call curl_global_init
      * yourself before spawning any threads.
      */
     class consumer_t {
 	public:
 
 	    virtual ~consumer_t() { }
 
 	    /**
 	     * store association. The function should be overridden in the real
 	     * implementation to provide persistent associations store.
 	     * @param server the OpenID server
 	     * @param handle association handle
 	     * @param secret the secret associated with the server and handle
 	     * @param expires_in the number of seconds until the handle is expired
 	     * @return the auto_ptr<> for the newly allocated association_t object
 	     */
 	    virtual assoc_t store_assoc(const string& server,const string& handle,const secret_t& secret,int expires_in) = 0;
 	    /**
 	     * retrieve stored association. The function should be overridden
 	     * in the real implementation to provide persistent assocations
 	     * store.
 	     *
 	     * @note
 	     * The user is responsible for handling associations expiry and
 	     * this function should never return an expired or invalidated
 	     * association.
 	     *
 	     * @param server the OpenID server
 	     * @param handle association handle
 	     * @return the autho_ptr<> for the newly allocated association_t object
 	     * @throw failed_lookup if no unexpired association found
 	     */
 	    virtual assoc_t retrieve_assoc(const string& server,const string& handle) = 0;
 	    /**
 	     * invalidate stored association. The function should be overridden
 	     * in the real implementation of the consumer.
 	     * @param server the OpenID server
 	     * @param handle association handle
 	     */
 	    virtual void invalidate_assoc(const string& server,const string& handle) = 0;
 	    /**
 	     * retrieve any unexpired association for the server. If the
 	     * function is not overridden in the real implementation, the new
 	     * association will be established for each request.
 	     *
 	     * @note
 	     * The user is responsible for handling associations and this
 	     * function should never return an expired or invalidated
 	     * association.
 	     *
+	     * @note
+	     * It may be a good idea to pre-expire associations shortly before
+	     * their time is really up to avoid association expiry in the
+	     * middle of negotiations.
+	     *
 	     * @param server the OpenID server
 	     * @return the auto_ptr<> for the newly allocated association_t object
 	     * @throw failed_lookup in case of absence of the handle
 	     */
 	    virtual assoc_t find_assoc(const string& server);
 
 	    /**
 	     * retrieve the metainformation contained in link tags from the
 	     * page pointed by url. the function may implement caching of the
 	     * information.
 	     * @param url url to harvest for link tags
 	     * @param server reference to the string object where to put
 	     * openid.server value
 	     * @param delegate reference to the string object where to put the
 	     * openid.delegate value (if any)
 	     */
 	    virtual void retrieve_links(const string& url,string& server,string& delegate);
 
 	    /**
 	     * perform the associate request to OpenID server.
 	     * @param server the OpenID server
 	     * @return the auto_ptr<> for the newly allocated association_t
 	     * object, representing established association
 	     * @throw exception in case of error
 	     */
 	    assoc_t associate(const string& server);
 	    /**
 	     * prepare the parameters for the checkid_immediate
 	     * request.
 	     * @param identity the identity to verify
 	     * @param return_to the return_to url to pass with the request
 	     * @param trust_root the trust root to advertise with the request
 	     * @param ext pointer to an extension(s) hooks object
 	     * @return the location string
 	     * @throw exception in case of error
 	     */
 	    virtual string checkid_immediate(const string& identity,const string& return_to,const string& trust_root="",extension_t *ext=0);
 	    /**
 	     * prepare the parameters for the checkid_setup
 	     * request.
 	     * @param identity the identity to verify
 	     * @param return_to the return_to url to pass with the request
 	     * @param trust_root the trust root to advertise with the request
 	     * @param ext pointer to an extension(s) hooks object
 	     * @return the location string
 	     * @throw exception in case of error
 	     */
 	    virtual string checkid_setup(const string& identity,const string& return_to,const string& trust_root="",extension_t *ext=0);
 	    /**
 	     * the actual implementation behind checkid_immediate() and
 	     * checkid_setup() functions.
 	     * @param mode checkid_* mode - either mode_checkid_immediate or mode_checkid_setup
 	     * @param identity the identity to verify
 	     * @param return_to the return_to url to pass with the request
 	     * @param trust_root the trust root to advertise with the request
 	     * @param ext pointer to an extension(s) hooks object
 	     * @return the location string
 	     * @throw exception in case of error
 	     */
 	    virtual string checkid_(mode_t mode,const string& identity,const string& return_to,const string& trust_root="",extension_t *ext=0);
 	    /**
 	     * verify the id_res response
 	     * @param pin the response parameters
 	     * @param identity the identity being checked (if not specified,
 	     * @param ext pointer to an extension(s) hooks object
 	     * extracted from the openid.identity parameter
 	     * @throw id_res_mismatch in case of signature mismatch
 	     * @throw id_res_setup in case of openid.user_setup_url failure
 	     * (supposedly checkid_immediate only)
 	     * @throw id_res_failed in case of failure
+	     * @throw id_res_expired_on_delivery if the association expired before it could've been verified
 	     * @throw exception in case of other failures
 	     */
 	    virtual void id_res(const params_t& pin,const string& identity="",extension_t *ext=0);
 	    /**
 	     * perform a check_authentication request.
 	     * @param server the OpenID server
 	     * @param p request parameters
 	     */
 	    void check_authentication(const string& server,const params_t& p);
 
 	    /**
 	     * normalize URL by adding http:// and trailing slash if needed.
 	     * @param url
 	     * @return normalized url
 	     */
 	    static string normalize(const string& url);
 
 	    /**
 	     * Canonicalize URL, by normalizing its appearance and following redirects.
 	     * @param url
 	     * @return canonicalized url
 	     */
 	    virtual string canonicalize(const string& url);
 
     };
 
 }
 
 #endif /* __OPKELE_CONSUMER_H */
diff --git a/include/opkele/exception.h b/include/opkele/exception.h
index 753a818..2ff44b7 100644
--- a/include/opkele/exception.h
+++ b/include/opkele/exception.h
@@ -1,226 +1,235 @@
 #ifndef __OPKELE_EXCEPTION_H
 #define __OPKELE_EXCEPTION_H
 
 /**
  * @file
  * @brief opkele exceptions
  */
 
 #include <curl/curl.h>
 
 #include <opkele/opkele-config.h>
 #ifdef OPKELE_HAVE_KONFORKA
 # include <konforka/exception.h>
 /**
  * the exception parameters declaration
  */
 # define OPKELE_E_PARS const string& fi,const string&fu,int l,const string& w
 /**
  * the exception parameters list to pass to constructor
  */
 # define OPKELE_E_CONS_ fi,fu,l,
 /**
  * the exception codepoint specification
  */
 # define OPKELE_CP_ CODEPOINT,
 /**
  * the simple rethrow of konforka-based exception
  */
 # define OPKELE_RETHROW catch(konforka::exception& e) { e.see(CODEPOINT); throw }
 #else /* OPKELE_HAVE_KONFORKA */
 # include <exception>
 # include <string>
 /**
  * the exception parameter declaration
  */
 # define OPKELE_E_PARS const string& w
 /**
  * the dummy prefix for exception parameters list to prepend in the absence of
  * konforka library
  */
 # define OPKELE_E_CONS_ 
 /**
  * the dummy placeholder for konforka exception codepoint specification
  */
 # define OPKELE_CP_
 /**
  * the dummy define for the konforka-based rethrow of exception
  */
 # define OPKELE_RETHROW
 #endif /* OPKELE_HAVE_KONFORKA */
 /**
  * the exception parameters list to pass to constructor
  */
 # define OPKELE_E_CONS OPKELE_E_CONS_ w
 
 namespace opkele {
     using std::string;
 
     /**
      * the base opkele exception class
      */
     class exception : public
 #   ifdef OPKELE_HAVE_KONFORKA
 		      konforka::exception
 #   else
                       std::exception
 #   endif
     {
 	public:
 #           ifdef OPKELE_HAVE_KONFORKA
 	    explicit
 		exception(const string& fi,const string& fu,int l,const string& w)
 		    : konforka::exception(fi,fu,l,w) { }
 #           else /* OPKELE_HAVE_KONFORKA */
 	    string _what;
 	    explicit
 		exception(const string& w)
 		    : _what(w) { } 
 	    virtual ~exception() throw();
 	    virtual const char * what() const throw();
 #           endif /* OPKELE_HAVE_KONFORKA */
     };
 
     /**
      * thrown in case of failed conversion
      */
     class failed_conversion : public exception {
 	public:
 	    failed_conversion(OPKELE_E_PARS)
 		: exception(OPKELE_E_CONS) { }
     };
     /**
      * thrown in case of failed lookup (either parameter or persistent store)
      */
     class failed_lookup : public exception {
 	public:
 	    failed_lookup(OPKELE_E_PARS)
 		: exception(OPKELE_E_CONS) { }
     };
     /**
      * thrown in case of bad input (either local or network)
      */
     class bad_input : public exception {
 	public:
 	    bad_input(OPKELE_E_PARS)
 		: exception(OPKELE_E_CONS) { }
     };
 
     /**
      * thrown on failed assertion
      */
     class failed_assertion : public exception {
 	public:
 	    failed_assertion(OPKELE_E_PARS)
 		: exception(OPKELE_E_CONS) { }
     };
 
     /**
      * thrown if the handle being retrieved is invalid
      */
     class invalid_handle : public exception {
 	public:
 	    invalid_handle(OPKELE_E_PARS)
 		: exception(OPKELE_E_CONS) { }
     };
     /**
      * thrown if the handle passed to check_authentication request is not
      * stateless
      */
     class stateful_handle : public exception {
 	public:
 	    stateful_handle(OPKELE_E_PARS)
 		: exception(OPKELE_E_CONS) { }
     };
 
     /**
      * thrown if check_authentication request fails
      */
     class failed_check_authentication : public exception {
 	public:
 	    failed_check_authentication(OPKELE_E_PARS)
 		: exception(OPKELE_E_CONS) { }
     };
 
     /**
      * thrown if the id_res request result is negative
      */
     class id_res_failed : public exception {
 	public:
 	    id_res_failed(OPKELE_E_PARS)
 		: exception(OPKELE_E_CONS) { }
     };
     /**
      * thrown if the user_setup_url is provided with negative response
      */
     class id_res_setup : public id_res_failed {
 	public:
 	    string setup_url;
 	    id_res_setup(OPKELE_E_PARS,const string& su)
 		: id_res_failed(OPKELE_E_CONS), setup_url(su) { }
 	    ~id_res_setup() throw() { }
     };
     /**
      * thrown in case of signature mismatch
      */
     class id_res_mismatch : public id_res_failed {
 	public:
 	    id_res_mismatch(OPKELE_E_PARS)
 		: id_res_failed(OPKELE_E_CONS) { }
     };
 
     /**
+     * thrown if the association has expired before it could've been verified.
+     */
+    class id_res_expired_on_delivery : public id_res_failed {
+	public:
+	    id_res_expired_on_delivery(OPKELE_E_PARS)
+		: id_res_failed(OPKELE_E_CONS) { }
+    };
+
+    /**
      * openssl malfunction occured
      */
     class exception_openssl : public exception {
 	public:
 	    unsigned long _error;
 	    string _ssl_string;
 	    exception_openssl(OPKELE_E_PARS);
 	    ~exception_openssl() throw() { }
     };
 
     /**
      * network operation related error occured
      */
     class exception_network : public exception {
 	public:
 	    exception_network(OPKELE_E_PARS)
 		: exception(OPKELE_E_CONS) { }
     };
 
     /**
      * network operation related error occured, specifically, related to
      * libcurl
      */
     class exception_curl : public exception_network {
 	public:
 	    CURLcode _error;
 	    string _curl_string;
 	    exception_curl(OPKELE_E_PARS);
 	    exception_curl(OPKELE_E_PARS,CURLcode e);
 	    ~exception_curl() throw() { }
     };
 
     /**
      * not implemented (think pure virtual) member function executed, signfies
      * programmer error
      */
     class not_implemented : public exception {
 	public:
 	    not_implemented(OPKELE_E_PARS)
 		: exception(OPKELE_E_CONS) { }
     };
 
     /**
      * internal error, indicates internal libopkele problem
      */
     class internal_error : public exception {
 	public:
 	    internal_error(OPKELE_E_PARS)
 		: exception(OPKELE_E_CONS) { }
     };
 
 }
 
 #endif /* __OPKELE_EXCEPTION_H */